Lawsuit: Former student ousted over gay couple counseling — A suit was filed in federal district court by a former student in the Masters in Counseling program at Missouri State University alleging that he was removed from the program because of his religious views on counseling same-sex couples on their relationships. The complaint (full text) in alleges the plaintif was terminated from the program because he interned with a Christian organization and expressed his religious beliefs on a hypothetical question about counseling a gay couple on relationship issues.